암

Sino-Korean word from 癌 (癌, “cancer”)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [a̠(ː)m]
• Phonetic hangul: [암(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

암 • (am) (hanja 癌)

1. cancer (illness)

• 악성종양 (惡性腫瘍, akseongjong'yang, “a malignant tumor; cancer”)

Of native Korean origin. From Middle Korean 아ᇡ (Yale: amh). The final h leaves traces in fossilized compounds, changing following consonants into aspirated consonants, when possible, such as 암컷 (amkeot), 암캐 (amkae) or 암탉 (amtak).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [a̠m]
• Phonetic hangul: [암]

암 • (am-)

1. female; she- (non-human)

• 수 (su, “male; he-”)

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

암 (am)

1. 暗 (暗):

   (MC reading: 暗 (MC ʔʌm^H))

2. 巖 (巖):

   (MC reading: 巖 (MC ŋˠam))

3. 庵 (庵):

   (MC reading: 庵 (MC ʔʌm))

4. 菴 (菴):

   (MC reading: 菴 (MC ʔʌm))

5. 唵 (唵):

   (MC reading: 唵 (MC ʔʌm^X))

6. 癌 (癌):

   (MC reading: 癌)

7. 闇 (闇):

   (MC reading: 闇 (MC ʔʌm^H))

8. 啽 (啽):

   (MC reading: 啽)

9. 媕 (媕):

   (MC reading: 媕 (MC ʔʌm))

10. 嵓 (嵓):

    (MC reading: 嵓)

11. 晻 (晻):

    (MC reading: 晻 (MC ʔʌm^X))

12. 腤 (腤):

    (MC reading: 腤 (MC ʔʌm))

13. 葊 (葊):

    (MC reading: 葊)

14. 蓭 (蓭):

    (MC reading: 蓭)

15. 諳 (諳):

    (MC reading: 諳 (MC ʔʌm))

16. 頷 (頷):

    (MC reading: 頷 (MC ɦʌm, ɦʌm^X))

17. 馣 (馣):

    (MC reading: 馣 (MC ʔʌm))

18. 黯 (黯):

    (MC reading: 黯 (MC ʔˠɛm, ʔˠɛm^X))

19. 岩 (岩): Alternative form of 巖 (巖)

    (MC reading: 岩 (MC ŋˠam))

20. 俺 (俺):

    (MC reading: 俺 (MC -))

21. 匼 (匼):

    (MC reading: 匼)

22. 厭 (厭):

    (MC reading: 厭 (MC -))

23. 喑 (喑):

    (MC reading: 喑 (MC ʔʌm))

24. 㘙 (㘙):

    (MC reading: 㘙 (MC -))

25. 埯 (埯):

    (MC reading: 埯 (MC ʔɑm^X))

26. 堷 (堷):

    (MC reading: 堷)

27. 壧 (壧):

    (MC reading: 壧)

28. 嵒 (嵒):

    (MC reading: 嵒 (MC ŋˠɛm))

29. 揞 (揞):

    (MC reading: 揞 (MC ʔʌm^X))

30. 痷 (痷):

    (MC reading: 痷)

31. 盦 (盦):

    (MC reading: 盦 (MC ʔʌm))

32. 碞 (碞):

    (MC reading: 碞 (MC ŋˠɛm))

33. 礹 (礹):

    (MC reading: 礹 (MC ŋˠam))

34. 罯 (罯):

    (MC reading: 罯 (MC ʔʌm^X))

35. 萻 (萻):

    (MC reading: 萻)

36. 裺 (裺):

    (MC reading: 裺 (MC -))

37. 雸 (雸):

    (MC reading: 雸)

38. 韽 (韽):

    (MC reading: 韽 (MC ʔʌm))

39. 顉 (顉):

    (MC reading: 顉 (MC ŋʌm^X))

40. 鵪 (鵪):

    (MC reading: 鵪 (MC ʔʌm))

41. 麙 (麙):

    (MC reading: 麙 (MC ŋˠɛm))

42. 黤 (黤):

    (MC reading: 黤 (MC ʔʌm^X, ʔˠam^X))

43. 黭 (黭):

    (MC reading: 黭 (MC ʔʌm^X))

44. 黶 (黶):

    (MC reading: 黶 (MC -))

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 27.
• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.